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title: WdTextOrientation Enumeration (Word)
ms.prod: word
api_name:
- Word.WdTextOrientation
ms.assetid: 1f75a8de-283d-ecce-df3b-52a787f308bc
ms.date: 06/08/2017
---


# WdTextOrientation Enumeration (Word)

Specifies the text direction in a range or selection.



|**Name**|**Value**|**Description**|
|:-----|:-----|:-----|
| **wdTextOrientationDownward**|3|Text flows downward on a slope.|
| **wdTextOrientationHorizontal**|0|Text flows horizontally. Default.|
| **wdTextOrientationHorizontalRotatedFarEast**|4|Text flows horizontally but from right to left to accommodate right-to-left languages.|
| **wdTextOrientationUpward**|2|Text flows upward on a slope.|
| **wdTextOrientationVerticalFarEast**|1|Text flows vertically and reads downward from the top, right to left.|
| **wdTextOrientationVertical**|5|Text flows vertically and reads downward from the top, left to right.|

